books.google.com - In the ancient Greco-Roman world, it was common practice to curse or bind an enemy or rival by writing an incantation on a tablet and dedicating it to a god or spirit. These curses or binding spells, commonly called defixiones were intended to bring other people under the power and control of those who...http://books.google.com/books/about/Curse_tablets_and_binding_spells_from_th.html?id=rmhw2eVJnS0C&q=hades&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareCurse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world
